Posts Tagged ‘cool’

Hmm

Forget what I said last. Cool things have happened. Will tell all later.


Stepping off the dock… a bit

The awesome (and amazingly-bearded) Zack Arias blogged today about "stepping off the dock," taking that first step into the unknown, making the first strides towards being a (semi-)professional photographer. On Saturday (if weather permits, and it looks like it will) I’m going to take that first step. Dip a toe in the water, if you [...]


Cool things I did today

Reviewed the first community contribution to Launchpad, from the omnipresent William Grant. And it was awesome, and it was fun. I think I’m going to like this open source malarkey.


Why Ubuntu matters

Jono Bacon posted a challenge of sorts to members of the Ubuntu community recently, which was this: If you have a blog or use Twitter or identi.ca, I would like to ask you to take five minutes to write down why Ubuntu is important to you, and what aspect of our ethos attracts you and [...]


Squeeze The LIME

I’ve been getting more and more serious about this photography lark for quite a while now, and one of the sites that I’ve been enjoying most is that of Belgian pro photographer Bert Stephani, particularly his video series Confessions of a Photographer. Today, Bert and his friend Pieter Van Impe have announced their new project [...]


Bauble

The great range of apps that we see hosted in Launchpad never ceases to amaze me. Take Bauble for example: Bauble is a biodiversity collection manager. It is intended to be used by botanic gardens, herbaria, arboreta, etc. to manage their collection information. It is a open, free, cross-platform alternative to BG-Base and similiar software. [...]


The age of Aquarius

Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 144 The astronomical clock in the Old Town Square, Prague.


Playing for Keeps available from Swarm Press this August

Mur Lafferty writes: I am thrilled to announce that I have signed a contract to release Playing For Keeps with Swarm Press! Swarm is an imprint of Permuted, the small horror press, and is launching this summer with three superhero titles, PFK being one. (For podcast fans, Matthew Wayne Selznick’s Brave Men Run is another [...]